CN112053507A

CN112053507A - Cleaning method and device for shared earphones, earphone shared terminal and earphone storage box

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Publication number: CN112053507A
Application number: CN202010915559.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐银海; 刘益帆
Original assignee: Anson Chongqing Electronic Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Anson Chongqing Electronic Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-03
Filing date: 2020-09-03
Publication date: 2020-12-08

Abstract

The application provides a cleaning method and device for shared earphones, an earphone shared terminal and an earphone storage box, and relates to the technical field of shared leasing. The method comprises the following steps: moving the recovered shared earphones to a clean area in the earphone sharing terminal, wherein a cleaning device is arranged in the clean area; and controlling the cleaning device to clean the shared earphone. The technical scheme that this application provided has solved among the prior art people need face inconveniently when forgetting the earphone, and the exchange uses other people's earphone can bring the technical problem of public health hidden danger, can be in the business model of sharing earphone through in the earphone sharing terminal after the use sharing earphone is automatic to be cleaned, thereby under the prerequisite of guaranteeing the sharing earphone health condition, the manpower and the time that are used for the cleaning work have significantly reduced, the operation efficiency of sharing earphone has been showing and has been improved, the operation cost is reduced.

Description

Cleaning method and device for shared earphones, earphone shared terminal and earphone storage box

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of shared leasing, in particular to a cleaning method and a cleaning device for shared earphones, an earphone shared terminal and an earphone storage box.

Background

The earphone is a very common product in daily life, people need to wear the earphone in order to not disturb others when watching videos in public transport means, can listen to favorite music with the earphone when doing sports fitness or reading and walking, can liberate two hands through the earphone when making a call, and the earphone provides convenience for our life in various scenes. However, because the earphone is small in size and is not a necessity like a mobile phone and a key, people often forget to carry the earphone when going out, and the earphone is very inexhaustible when the user wants to use the earphone, and only can be borrowed from others.

However, due to the characteristics of the earphone, it is inevitable that the skin of the user will be metabolized to remove the dirt, grease, etc. adhered to the earphone during the use of the earphone. If people borrow the polluted earphones mutually, not only psychological worry is generated during use, but also sanitary problems exist, and even infectious diseases can be caused.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem in the above state of the art is: people need to face inconvenience when forgetting the earphones, and public health hidden dangers can be brought when the earphones of other people are exchanged and used. In order to solve the technical problem, embodiments of the present application provide a cleaning method, a cleaning device, an earphone sharing terminal, and an earphone storage box for sharing earphones.

A first aspect of the application provides a shared headset cleaning method, comprising: moving the recovered shared earphones to a clean area in the earphone sharing terminal, wherein a cleaning device is arranged in the clean area; and controlling the cleaning device to clean the shared earphone.

A second aspect of the present application provides a shared earphone cleaning device comprising: at least one cleaning unit for cleaning the recovered shared earphones; and the driver is used for driving the at least one cleaning unit to perform cleaning operation according to the control instruction.

A third aspect of the present application provides an earphone sharing terminal, including: a transfer means for moving the retrieved shared earphones to a clean area within the earphone sharing terminal; the cleaning device is arranged in the cleaning area and used for cleaning the shared earphone; and the controller is used for controlling the cleaning device to perform cleaning operation.

A fourth aspect of the present application provides an earphone receiver, which is provided with a hole on at least one outer surface thereof so that a cleaning device in an earphone sharing terminal passes through the hole to clean a shared earphone in the earphone receiver, wherein when the shared earphone is received in the earphone receiver, an earphone passing hole of the shared earphone is received in the earphone receiver, and a height of the outer surface of the earphone provided with the hole relative to the earphone receiver is lower than the outer surface or flush with the outer surface.

Based on the cleaning method, the cleaning device, the earphone sharing terminal and the earphone storage box for the shared earphones, the shared earphones after being used can be automatically cleaned in the earphone sharing terminal in a business mode of the shared earphones, the shared earphones do not need to be carried and cleaned manually, and therefore manpower and time for cleaning work are greatly reduced on the premise that the sanitation condition of the shared earphones is guaranteed, the operation efficiency of the shared earphones is remarkably improved, and the operation cost is reduced.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more apparent, the embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that the drawings form a part of the specification, illustrate the present application together with embodiments thereof, and are not to be construed as limiting the present application. Unless otherwise indicated, like reference numbers and designations in the drawings generally refer to like steps or components.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary headset sharing system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a cleaning method for a shared headset according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a cleaning method for a shared headset according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is an exemplary flowchart illustrating a cleaning method for a shared headset according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning device sharing earphones according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an earphone sharing terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an earphone storage box for sharing earphones according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Application scenario overview

With the rapid development of the sharing economy, the sharing rental model gradually permeates into various fields. In order to solve the problem that people need to face inconvenience when forgetting earphones, sharing earphones is a better solution. Through the earphone sharing business mode, a user can obtain the earphone which is desired to be rented through the earphone sharing terminal when the user needs to use the earphone, the user returns the earphone to the earphone sharing terminal after the use is finished, and certain renting cost is paid to an operator in the process.

However, as mentioned above, during the use of the shared earphone, it is inevitable that dust and dirt such as skin dust and grease metabolized from the skin of the user adhere to the earphone receiver, and therefore, most of the earphones returned by the user after use are contaminated. If the polluted earphones are rented to other users again, the psychological slowness of the other users is caused, so that the user experience is reduced, and the shared earphones can become a transmission path of viruses and bacteria and are not beneficial to public health.

Cleaning of the shared earphones is essential to keep the contaminated earphones from circulating continuously. One solution is: through set up the collection box in earphone shared terminal, collect the sharing earphone after the user used to send the staff out and regularly open the collection box, the sharing earphone after will using shifts out and cleans it from earphone shared terminal, later puts into earphone shared terminal once more with clean earphone and comes into use. However, this cleaning method is not only inefficient, but also costs a lot of labor, which greatly limits the development prospects of sharing earphones.

In view of the above technical problems, the basic concept of the present application is to provide a cleaning method, a cleaning device, an earphone sharing terminal and an earphone storage box for sharing earphones, which can improve the operation efficiency of sharing earphones and reduce the operation cost while ensuring the sanitation of the earphones.

Exemplary System

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an exemplary headset sharing system according to an embodiment of the present application. The system comprises: a server side 110, a user terminal 120, and a headset sharing terminal 130.

The server 110 is a server, or consists of a plurality of servers, or is a virtualization platform, or is a cloud computing service center. The server 110 may be configured in a local area network, a metropolitan area network, or the internet, and is configured to establish a communication connection with the user terminal 120 and/or the headset sharing terminal 130 and send and receive information, instructions, and the like to and from each other. Optionally, the server 110 may also process and/or store the data.

The user terminal 120 may be a mobile device used by a user, such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer; or a personal computer such as a notebook computer or the like; but may also be other electronic terminals capable of establishing a connection to the internet and comprising a processor and a memory. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the number of the user terminals 120 may be plural. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the type and number of the user terminals 120.

The headset sharing terminal 130 is used to store shared headsets for users to rent. The earphone sharing terminal 130 may be a container capable of accommodating earphones, such as a counter, a shelf, a tray, a box, etc., provided with a controller. Meanwhile, the earphone sharing terminal 130 is provided with a shipment device, an anti-theft device, and the like, so that a user can obtain the earphones from the shipment device and the anti-theft device and the safety of the earphones is guaranteed. Optionally, the shared headset terminal 130 may also establish a connection with the internet and include a processor and a memory for establishing a communication connection with the server terminal 110 and/or the user terminal 120 and transmitting and receiving information, instructions and the like to and from each other. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the number of the above-mentioned earphone sharing terminals 130 may be plural. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific structure and number of the earphone sharing terminals 130.

In order to automatically clean the used earphones inside the earphone sharing terminal 130, in the embodiment of the present application, a cleaning device is further disposed in the earphone sharing terminal 130. The cleaning method for sharing the earphones provided by the embodiment of the application is executed by the earphone sharing terminal 130, and the recovered earphones can be automatically cleaned, so that the operation efficiency of sharing the earphones is improved and the operation cost is reduced on the premise of ensuring the sanitary condition of the earphones.

In this embodiment, an earphone moving path is provided in the earphone sharing terminal 130, and after the user puts the earphone into the recycling opening, the earphone sharing terminal 130 may move the recovered earphone to the recycling bin through the earphone moving path and then to the shipment opening, or may directly move the earphone to the shipment opening, so that the earphone is lent out from the shipment opening again. It follows that the earphone movement path may be a complete one or may be made up of multiple relatively short paths. In addition, the earphone sharing terminal 130 may be provided with a plurality of recycling ports and/or goods outlets, so that there may be a plurality of earphone moving paths, and each earphone moving path may be formed by combining a plurality of relatively short paths. It should be understood that the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific movement track of the earphone in the shared earphone terminal, that is, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific structure of the movement path of the earphone. In addition, the earphone moving path may include at least one of a conveyor belt, a conveyor roller, a manipulator, and the like, which can move the earphone to a specified position, and the embodiment of the present application does not limit the type and number of the conveyors included in the earphone moving path.

Exemplary method

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart illustrating a cleaning method for a shared headset according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 2, the method includes:

s210: and moving the recovered shared earphones to a clean area in the earphone shared terminal, wherein a cleaning device is arranged in the clean area.

Specifically, a cleaning area is arranged in the earphone sharing terminal, and a cleaning device is arranged in the cleaning area. After confirming that the user has put the shared earphones into the return port, the recovered shared earphones can be moved to the clean area through an earphone moving path in the earphone sharing terminal.

Alternatively, the cleaning area may be provided on the earphone moving path, or may be provided in the outlet so that the shared earphone can be cleaned before being lent again.

S220: and controlling the cleaning device to clean the shared earphone.

Specifically, after the recovered shared earphone is moved into the cleaning area, the cleaning device in the cleaning area can be controlled to perform a cleaning operation on the shared earphone so as to remove the pollutants on the earphone.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones, the used shared earphones can be automatically cleaned in the earphone sharing terminal without manual carrying and earphone cleaning, so that on the premise of ensuring the sanitary condition of the shared earphones, the manpower and time for cleaning work are greatly reduced, the operating efficiency of the shared earphones is obviously improved, and the operating cost is reduced.

In one embodiment, after the shared earphone is moved to the cleaning area, the shared earphone may be stopped to control the cleaning device in the cleaning area to perform a cleaning operation on the shared earphone.

In another embodiment, the cleaning area may be movable, so that the shared earphone may be kept in a moving state during cleaning. Specifically, the movable cleaning area may be disposed on a moving path of the earphone, and after it is determined that the shared earphone enters the cleaning area, the cleaning area and the shared earphone are controlled to move in the same direction at the same speed, so as to ensure that the cleaning area and the shared earphone are relatively stationary, and thus the cleaning device in the cleaning area can clean the shared earphone in motion.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones provided by the embodiment of the application, the shared earphones can be cleaned while moving, the shared earphones do not need to stop moving, the time required by cleaning work is further saved, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.

Optionally, in another embodiment, a sensing component is further disposed in the cleaning area for determining whether a shared earphone enters the cleaning area, so as to send an operation start instruction to the cleaning device in time after the shared earphone moves to the cleaning area. For example, the sensing component may be an infrared component, which is capable of receiving infrared rays reflected by an object when the object exists in the cleaning area, and then determining that the shared earphone has entered the cleaning area. For another example, the sensing component may also be a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, and after the shared earphone with the RFID tag enters the clean area, the sensing component may determine that the shared earphone has entered the clean area by identifying the RFID tag on the shared earphone. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application are not limited to the kind of sensing component.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones provided by the embodiment of the application, whether the shared earphones exist in the cleaning area or not is confirmed, and cleaning operation is only carried out when the shared earphones exist, so that the cleaning operation is more accurate, misoperation or other unnecessary actions are reduced, the service life of the cleaning device can be prolonged while energy is saved, and the operation cost is further reduced.

When the cleaning area is provided on the earphone moving path, a plurality of cleaning areas may be provided on one earphone moving path to clean a plurality of shared earphones at the same time. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the number of cleaning regions provided on each path.

When the clean area is arranged in the goods outlet, the clean area can be correspondingly arranged according to the distribution situation of the goods outlet. In one embodiment, one or more outlets may be provided on the housing of the headset sharing terminal. The cleaning area can be arranged in each goods outlet, and after the shared earphones are cleaned in the cleaning area, the shared earphones are pushed out by the pushing assembly to move to the goods outlet area in the goods outlet, so that the shared earphones can be provided for users at any time.

A shipment port may be a cuboid space with the earphone moving path interfacing with the underside, top or side of the cuboid to move the shared earphone into the shipment port. The outer part (the side facing the user) of the internal space of the delivery port is a delivery area, and the inner part is a cleaning area. The cleaning device is arranged on the left side, the right side, the upper side or the lower side of the cleaning area, and when the shared earphone moves into the cleaning area, the cleaning device can perform cleaning operation on the shared earphone. After the cleaning operation is completed, the shared earphone is further pushed out of the assembly to move to a delivery area, so that the earphone sharing terminal provides the shared earphone to the user at any time.

Optionally, the space in the outlet may also be other three-dimensional shapes or a combination of three-dimensional shapes, such as a cylinder, a polyhedral cylinder, a combination of a cylinder and a hemisphere, a combination of a cylinder and a cone, and the like. The shape of the outlet is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

In another embodiment, before step S220, the method shown in fig. 2 further includes the following steps: the shared earphone is fixed in the clean area.

In particular, the shared earphone may be fixed in the cleaning area before the shared earphone is subjected to the cleaning operation, to ensure that the shared earphone does not move unnecessarily due to an external force from the cleaning device during the cleaning. For example, the magnetic assembly can be arranged on the cleaning area and the shared earphone at the same time, so that the shared earphone is adsorbed in the cleaning area, the clamp can be arranged in the cleaning area, so that the shared earphone is fixed in the cleaning area, and the lug can be arranged in the cleaning area, and the groove corresponding to the lug is arranged on the shared earphone, so that the shared earphone is fixed in the cleaning area. It should be understood that the embodiment of the present application is not limited to the way the shared earphone is fixed.

In addition, the shared earphone can be fixed after being moved into the cleaning area, or can be fixed on the earphone moving path and then moved into the cleaning area, as long as the shared earphone is not unnecessarily moved during cleaning. That is, the step of fixing the shared earphone in the clean area may be performed before step S210, or may be performed after step S210, and the timing when the shared earphone is fixed is not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

According to the cleaning method for the shared earphones, the shared earphones are fixed and then cleaned, so that the cleaning operation is more stable, meanwhile, the shared earphones cannot deviate from the earphone moving path due to the influence of the cleaning device, and the risk of failure of the earphone shared terminal is reduced.

In an embodiment the cleaning device comprises at least one cleaning unit, where the at least one cleaning unit is adapted to clean the shared earphone in order to separate contaminants adhering to the shared earphone from the shared earphone. Wherein each cleaning unit of the at least one cleaning unit comprises at least one cleaning assembly of an electrostatic adsorption assembly, a negative pressure air draft assembly, a blower assembly, a brush head assembly, a fiber product assembly and a paper product assembly. The electrostatic adsorption component is used for adsorbing pollutants adhered to the shared earphone; the negative pressure air draft assembly, the air blowing assembly and the brush head assembly are used for purging pollutants adhered to the shared earphone; the fiber product assembly and the paper product assembly are used for wiping off pollutants adhered to the shared earphone.

In some embodiments of the present application, in order to prevent dust from entering the speaker of the shared earphone and affecting the sound quality, a dust-proof net may be disposed on the earphone of the shared earphone. For example, the dust screen may have a mesh or mesh-like structure. To the sharing earphone that is equipped with the dust screen on this kind of earphone, at the user in-process of wearing, the dust screen on the earphone is nearer apart from the duct, and because its surface is not smooth, consequently the condition of dander adhesion takes place more easily. Meanwhile, since the side surface of the earphone receiver directly contacts the skin of the user, contaminants such as grease may adhere to the side surface in addition to the skin debris.

In view of this, in one embodiment, the cleaning device includes a cleaning unit for cleaning the dust screen, and the cleaning unit may include at least one of an electrostatic adsorption assembly, a negative pressure air draft assembly, a blower assembly, or a brush head assembly. When the dust screen is cleaned, the cleaning assembly in the cleaning unit can separate the pollutants adhered to the dust screen through actions of adsorption, blowing and the like.

Preferably, the cleaning means may be arranged below or to the side of the cleaning area, so that the separated contaminants do not fall back onto the shared earphone if they fall downwards.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones provided by the embodiment of the application, the dust screen which is easy to adhere to pollutants is cleaned in a targeted manner, so that the pollutants adhered to the shared earphones can be effectively removed, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.

Further, in another embodiment, the cleaning apparatus may further include a plurality of cleaning units connected in series in order to more thoroughly clean the dust screen. For example, the cleaning device may include a first cleaning unit provided with a negative pressure air draft assembly and a second cleaning unit provided with an electrostatic adsorption assembly, the first cleaning unit being juxtaposed with the second cleaning unit. When the shared earphone is cleaned, the first cleaning unit is firstly operated, and then the second cleaning unit is operated. For another example, the cleaning device may include a third cleaning unit provided with the brush head assembly, a fourth cleaning unit provided with the blower assembly, and a second cleaning unit provided with the electrostatic adsorption assembly, and when the earphone is cleaned, the third cleaning unit is operated, the fourth cleaning unit is operated, and the second cleaning unit is operated. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the number and kinds of the cleaning units included in the cleaning device, and do not limit the working sequence of the plurality of cleaning units, and those skilled in the art can select and arrange the cleaning units according to actual requirements.

In another embodiment, the cleaning device comprises a cleaning unit for cleaning the side surface of the earphone receiver, and the cleaning unit may comprise at least one of a brush head component, a fiber product component or a paper product component. During cleaning, the cleaning unit may wipe the side surfaces around the periphery of the headphone to remove contaminants. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the number and kinds of the cleaning assemblies included in the cleaning unit.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones provided by the embodiment of the application, the cleaning component with a good grease removing effect is adopted, the side surface of the earphone receiver, on which grease is adhered more easily, is cleaned in a targeted manner, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.

In a preferred embodiment, the cleaning device may comprise a plurality of cleaning units connected in series in order to simultaneously clean the dust screen and the side surface of the headphone. For example, the cleaning device may include a first cleaning unit provided with a negative pressure air draft assembly and a fifth cleaning unit provided with a fiber product assembly, and when the earphone is cleaned, the first cleaning unit may perform a cleaning operation on the dust screen, and then the fifth cleaning unit may perform a cleaning operation on the outer surface of the earphone; or the fifth cleaning unit can clean the outer surface of the earphone receiver, and then the first cleaning unit can clean the dust screen. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the number and kinds of the cleaning units included in the cleaning device, and do not limit the working sequence of the plurality of cleaning units, and those skilled in the art can select and arrange the cleaning units according to actual requirements.

In another preferred embodiment, the cleaning device may comprise at least one cleaning unit and each cleaning unit comprises a plurality of cleaning members for simultaneously cleaning the dust screen and the side surface of the headphone. For example, one cleaning unit may include a brush head assembly and an electrostatic adsorption assembly, wherein the brush head assembly may be located at one side of the electrostatic adsorption assembly, and the electrostatic adsorption assembly performs cleaning operation on the side surface of the earphone receiver by performing circular motion with the electrostatic adsorption assembly as a circle center while cleaning the dust screen; or the brush head component can be annular and positioned at the periphery of the electrostatic adsorption component, and when the electrostatic adsorption component cleans the dust screen, the electrostatic adsorption component is used as the circle center to perform circular motion, so that the side surface of the earphone receiver is cleaned. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application are not limited to the number, kinds, shapes and specific combinations of the cleaning components included in the cleaning unit, and those skilled in the art can select and combine the cleaning components according to actual needs.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones provided by the embodiment of the application, more than two cleaning components are combined and then used, so that the two key cleaning objects, namely the dustproof net and the side surface of the earphone receiver, are considered, and the cleaning effect and the working efficiency are greatly improved.

In a preferred embodiment, the cleaning units may adopt a probe structure, that is, each cleaning unit includes at least one cleaning probe, and each cleaning probe may be provided with at least one cleaning assembly selected from an electrostatic adsorption assembly, a negative pressure air draft assembly, an air blowing assembly, a brush head assembly, a fiber product assembly and a paper product assembly. The cleaning elements provided on the cleaning probe may be dimensioned to fit the headphone, for example, the cleaning elements provided on the cleaning probe for cleaning a dust screen may be designed with a cross-sectional diameter about equal to or less than the dust screen diameter for better cleaning of the dust screen. For another example, when the cleaning probe is required for cleaning the dust screen and the side surface of the earphone at the same time, a circular cleaning member for cleaning the dust screen and a ring-shaped cleaning member for cleaning the side surface of the earphone may be provided on the cleaning probe at the same time, wherein the outer diameter of the ring-shaped cleaning member is about equal to or slightly larger than the diameter of the earphone so as to better clean the side surface of the earphone. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application are not limited to the specific shape of the cleaning probe, and those skilled in the art can design the cleaning probe according to actual needs.

In an embodiment, each cleaning unit may comprise one cleaning probe. Because the earphone is provided with the two earphones, when the earphone is cleaned, the cleaning probe can clean one earphone firstly and then clean the other earphone.

Preferably, in another embodiment, each cleaning unit may include two cleaning probes, and the two cleaning probes may clean two earpieces of the headset simultaneously, respectively, thereby saving time taken for cleaning work.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a cleaning method for a shared headset according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 3, after step S220, the method shown in fig. 2 further includes the following steps:

s230: at least one collection unit is controlled to collect contaminants separated from the shared earphone.

Further, the cleaning device may further comprise at least one collecting unit. The collecting unit may be controlled to collect the fallen contaminants after the contaminants are separated from the shared earphone. In particular, the collecting unit may include a collecting container, and may further include at least one of an electrostatic adsorption assembly or a negative pressure air draft assembly, so as to better perform the pollutant collecting work.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the collection unit may further comprise a volume monitoring component for sensing the volume of contaminants in the collection container and issuing an alarm when contaminants accumulate to a preset volume threshold. Specifically, the alarm can be sent to the server end so that the background knows and then sends out staff to change or clear up the collection unit, and also can show nearby staff through intuitive forms such as warning light, alarm sound so that the staff in time knows and then change or clear up the collection unit.

According to the cleaning method for the shared earphones, the separated pollutants are collected, the pollutants can be prevented from flying and further polluting other shared earphones or parts in the shared earphone terminal, and meanwhile, the pollutants are prevented from being deposited in the shared earphone terminal so as to influence the working state of the shared earphone terminal.

In another embodiment, before step S220, the method shown in fig. 2 further includes the following steps: the direction of the earphone storage box is adjusted to enable the outer surface provided with the hole to face the cleaning device.

In particular, in one embodiment, the shared earphones are housed in an earphone housing case, which may have holes on at least one of its outer surfaces, so that the cleaning device can directly clean the shared earphones through the holes. To facilitate the cleaning operation of the cleaning device, the orientation of the earphone receiver may be adjusted so that the outer surface of the aperture in the earphone receiver faces the cleaning device prior to performing the cleaning operation on the shared earphone. For example, the magnetic members may be provided on the earphone moving path and the earphone accommodation case, respectively, so that the earphone accommodation case is automatically switched to face the cleaning device by being influenced by the magnetic force on the earphone moving path. It should be understood that, the embodiment of the present application does not limit the specific manner of adjusting the direction of the earphone accommodating box.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones provided by the embodiment of the application, even under the condition that the shared earphones are contained in the containing box, the cleaning operation of the shared earphones can be achieved through the holes in the earphone containing box, and a better solution is provided for the shared earphones in a commercial scene.

When the shared earphones are stored, the earphones of the shared earphones are stored in the earphone storage box through the holes on the outer surface of the earphone storage box. Preferably, a limiting structure is arranged in the earphone containing box, and the earphone can be limited at a preset position by the limiting structure after being contained in the containing box, so that the height of the earphone relative to the outer surface provided with the hole is lower than the outer surface or is flush with the outer surface.

Preferably, after the earphones sharing the earphones are stored in the earphone storage box, the inner side edge of the hole in the earphone storage box can keep a certain distance from the earphones, and the distance between the side surface of the earphones and the side wall where the hole is located is larger than a preset threshold value. That is, when the shared earphone is received in the earphone accommodation case, a gap having a predetermined width exists around the earphone so that the cleaning probe can enter the earphone accommodation case through the gap to clean the earphone-side surface.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones provided by the embodiment of the application, the cleaning device can more accurately clean the shared earphones by improving the structure of the earphone storage box, and the cleaning effect and the working efficiency are further improved.

s240: and controlling at least one disinfection device to disinfect the shared earphones.

In particular, at least one disinfection device can be further included in the shared earphone terminal, and is used for disinfecting and sterilizing the shared earphones. The sterilizing device can be arranged at any position in the shared earphone terminal, and preferably can be arranged in the recycling bin, the earphone moving path or the delivery port so as to sterilize the recycled shared earphones. It should be understood that the sterilizing device may also be disposed in the cleaning area, and the sterilizing device may perform a sterilizing operation on the shared earphones before or after the cleaning operation is performed on the shared earphones by the cleaning device, or may perform a sterilizing operation on the shared earphones while performing the cleaning operation. The embodiment of the present application does not limit the position and the operation timing of the sterilization apparatus.

The sterilizing device may include at least one of an ultraviolet sterilizing device, a negative ion sterilizing device, or an ozone sterilizing device. When a plurality of sterilizing devices are provided in the shared earphone terminal, the plurality of sterilizing devices may be respectively different sterilizing devices. Further, a plurality of sterilizing devices may be cooperatively used to perform the sterilizing operation. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application do not limit the number or kinds of the sterilizing devices.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones provided by the embodiment of the application, on the basis of cleaning the shared earphones, invisible viruses or bacteria and the like existing on the shared earphones can be eliminated through disinfection operation, the health and safety of users are protected, and social health risks possibly brought by a shared business mode are eliminated.

S250: the operating state of the cleaning device and/or the disinfection device is monitored.

S260: and when the cleaning device and/or the disinfection device is detected to be out of order, sending out a failure signal.

In particular, the shared earphone terminal may further include a monitoring device for monitoring an operating state of the cleaning device and/or the disinfecting device. When the monitoring device finds that the cleaning device and/or the disinfecting device are in failure, a failure signal can be sent outwards. For example, the monitoring device may periodically measure a current value and/or a temperature value of the cleaning device and/or the disinfecting device according to a preset time interval, and when the current value and/or the temperature value is beyond a preset normal value range, it is determined that the cleaning device and/or the disinfecting device is in a fault state, and a fault signal is sent out. Specifically, monitoring devices can know and then send out the staff and go to sharing earphone terminal place and inspect or maintain with fault signal so that the back end, also can send fault signal with the staff who notifies near so that the staff in time knows and then inspect or maintain through audio-visual form such as warning light, alarm sound. It should be understood that the embodiments of the present application are not limited to the type of fault signal sent by the monitoring device and the sending route.

In one embodiment, the cleaning method shown in fig. 2 or 3 may further include the steps of:

when the shared earphone is provided for the user by the earphone sharing terminal, the cleaning article is pushed out through the cleaning article supply port, wherein the cleaning article is used for the user to wipe the shared earphone.

Specifically, a cleaning article supply device is further arranged in the earphone sharing terminal, and comprises a cleaning article storage bin and a cleaning article supply port, and the cleaning article supply device is used for supplying cleaning articles to users renting and sharing earphones. After the user takes the shared earphones and the cleaning product, the user can use the cleaning product to wipe the shared earphones by himself.

Based on the cleaning method for the shared earphones provided by the embodiment of the application, on the basis of automatic cleaning, cleaning supplies are provided for users, so that the users can clean the shared earphones again, doubts of the users on the sanitation condition of the shared earphones are thoroughly removed, and the user experience is further improved.

Exemplary flow of procedures

Fig. 4 is an exemplary operational flowchart of a shared headset cleaning method performed by a headset sharing terminal according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 4, the operation flow includes the following steps:

s410: and when the user is confirmed to put the shared earphone into the return port, the shared earphone is recovered through the earphone moving path.

Wherein, sharing earphone is accomodate in the earphone receiver, is equipped with two holes on this earphone receiver's an surface, and two earphones of earphone are taken in the earphone receiver inside through two holes on the earphone receiver surface, and by the limit structure card in the receiver in the position of predetermineeing. The headphone is at a lower or flush height with respect to the outer surface provided with the hole, the inner edge of which is kept at a distance from the headphone.

S420: the received shared earphone is moved into the cleaning area.

The cleaning area is arranged on the earphone moving path, and the cleaning device is positioned on the side of the earphone moving path. The earphone moving path and the earphone containing box are respectively provided with a magnetic assembly, and when the earphone containing box is positioned on the earphone moving path, the orientation of the earphone containing box is automatically switched under the influence of magnetic force, so that the outer surface with holes faces the cleaning device after the earphone containing box enters the cleaning area.

S430: the shared earphone is cleaned by a cleaning unit in the cleaning device.

Specifically, the cleaning device comprises a cleaning unit comprising two cleaning probes for simultaneously cleaning two earpieces of a shared earphone, respectively. Be equipped with the negative pressure convulsions subassembly that is located central authorities and the first subassembly of brush that sets up around this negative pressure convulsions subassembly on every cleaning probe, when negative pressure convulsions subassembly cleaned the dust screen, thereby it carries out rotary motion to the earphone side surface to brush first subassembly and carries out cleaning operation.

S440: the contaminant collection operation is performed by a collection unit in the cleaning device.

Specifically, the collection unit includes collection container and electrostatic absorption subassembly, locates the below of clean unit, collects the pollutant that drops in the collection container through the electrostatic absorption subassembly.

S450: the shared earphone is sterilized by the sterilizing device.

The sterilizing device comprises a plurality of ultraviolet sterilizing devices which are uniformly arranged above the earphone moving path, and when the shared earphones move on the earphone moving path, the ultraviolet sterilizing devices continuously irradiate and sterilize the shared earphones. That is, S450 may be performed simultaneously with any one step after S410.

S460: and moving the shared earphone after cleaning and disinfection to a delivery port to wait for being lent again.

S470: the working state of the cleaning device and/or the disinfecting device is monitored by the monitoring device.

When cleaning device and/or degassing unit's operating condition took place unusually, monitoring devices can in time learn to with fault signal transmission to server end so that the back end learns and then sends the staff to go to shared earphone terminal location and inspect or maintain. Therefore, S470 may be implemented at any time during the operation of the headset sharing terminal, and there is no specific time sequence relationship with any step.

S480: when the shared earphones are loaned out, cleaning supplies for wiping the shared earphones are provided to the user through the cleaning supply port.

In summary, the cleaning method for the shared earphone provided by the embodiment of the present application at least includes the following effects:

in a business mode of sharing the earphones, the shared earphones after being used are automatically cleaned and disinfected in the earphone sharing terminal, the earphones do not need to be manually carried and cleaned, the manpower and time for cleaning work are greatly reduced on the premise of ensuring the sanitary condition of the shared earphones, the operation efficiency of the shared earphones is obviously improved, and the operation cost is reduced; different cleaning components are adopted to clean all parts of the shared earphone in a targeted manner, and the combined design of the cleaning components is adopted to improve the cleaning work efficiency; the cleaned pollutants are collected, so that equipment failure caused by pollutant deposition is prevented; monitoring the working state of the related device at any time, finding out a fault in time and giving an alarm, thereby reducing the unavailable time of the equipment and improving the user experience; when the shared earphone is provided for the user, a cleaning article for wiping the shared earphone is also provided for the user, so that the user can use the shared earphone more securely, and the sanitation problem of the shared earphone is thoroughly solved.

Exemplary devices

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a cleaning apparatus 500 sharing earphones according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5, the apparatus includes: at least one cleaning unit 510 for cleaning the retrieved shared earphones; and a driver 520 for driving the cleaning unit to perform a cleaning operation according to the control command.

Through the cleaning device with the sharing earphone that this application embodiment provided, can realize in earphone sharing terminal sharing earphone after using is automatic clean, need not artifical transport and clean earphone to under the prerequisite of ensureing the sharing earphone health condition, the manpower and the time that are used for the cleaning work that have significantly reduced, showing the operation efficiency that has improved sharing earphone, reduced the operation cost.

In an embodiment, each of the at least one cleaning units includes at least one of an electrostatic attraction assembly, a negative pressure air draft assembly, a blower assembly, a brush head assembly, a fiber product assembly, or a paper product assembly. The electrostatic adsorption component is used for adsorbing pollutants adhered to the shared earphone; the negative pressure air draft assembly, the air blowing assembly and the brush head assembly are used for purging pollutants adhered to the shared earphone; the fiber product assembly and the paper product assembly are used for wiping off pollutants adhered to the shared earphone. When the shared earphone is cleaned, the driver can drive the cleaning unit according to the control instruction, so that the cleaning assembly in the cleaning unit can clean up the pollutants adhered to the earphone.

Alternatively, the cleaning apparatus may comprise a plurality of cleaning units connected in series.

Preferably, the cleaning unit may comprise one or two cleaning probes, each having at least one cleaning assembly disposed thereon.

It should be understood that, the arrangement, function and technical effects of the cleaning device, the cleaning unit, the cleaning assembly and the cleaning probe provided in the above embodiments may refer to the corresponding contents in the exemplary method and the exemplary flow, and are not described in detail herein.

In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: and the collecting unit is used for collecting the pollutants separated from the shared earphone. In particular, the collecting unit may include a collecting container, and may further include at least one of an electrostatic adsorption assembly or a negative pressure air draft assembly, so as to better perform the pollutant collecting work. Optionally, as another embodiment, the collecting unit may further comprise a volume monitoring component for sensing the volume of the contaminants in the collecting container and issuing an alarm when the contaminants have accumulated to a preset volume threshold.

Based on the cleaning device of shared earphone that this application embodiment provided, collect the pollutant that gets off through the collection unit, can prevent that the pollutant from taking place to scatter and then polluting other shared earphones or share the part in the earphone terminal, prevent simultaneously that the pollutant from depositing so that influence the operating condition at shared earphone terminal in sharing the earphone terminal.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an earphone sharing terminal 600 according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the headset sharing terminal 600 includes: a transferring means 610 for moving the retrieved shared earphones to a clean area within the earphone sharing terminal; a cleaning device 500 shown in fig. 5, disposed in the cleaning area, for cleaning the shared earphone; and a controller 620 for controlling the cleaning device to perform a cleaning operation.

Specifically, the conveying device 610 may include one or more of a combination of a conveyor belt, a conveying roller, a manipulator, and the like, capable of moving the shared earphones to a designated position along the earphone moving path. It should be understood that the type and number of the conveying devices are not limited in the embodiments of the present application.

Based on the earphone sharing terminal that this application embodiment provided, can realize in earphone sharing terminal that the earphone after using is automatic to be cleaned, need not artifical transport and clean sharing earphone to under the prerequisite of guaranteeing the sharing earphone health condition, the manpower and the time that have significantly reduced and are used for the cleaning work have shown the operation efficiency that has improved sharing earphone, have reduced the operation cost.

In a preferred embodiment, the headset sharing terminal further includes: and the at least one disinfection device is used for sterilizing and disinfecting the shared earphones. The plurality of sterilizing devices may include at least one of an ultraviolet sterilizing device, a negative ion sterilizing device, or an ozone sterilizing device.

In a preferred embodiment, the headset sharing terminal further includes: and the monitoring device is used for monitoring the working state of the cleaning device and/or the disinfecting device. When the monitoring device finds that the cleaning device and/or the disinfecting device are in failure, a failure signal can be sent outwards.

In a preferred embodiment, the headset sharing terminal further includes: the cleaning article supply device comprises a cleaning article storage bin and a cleaning article supply port and is used for supplying cleaning articles to users leasing the shared earphones. After the user takes the shared earphones and the cleaning product, the user can use the cleaning product to wipe the shared earphones by himself.

It should be understood that, for the setting modes, functions and technical effects of the disinfecting device, the monitoring device and the cleaning article supplying device provided in the earphone sharing terminal provided in the foregoing embodiments, reference may be made to corresponding contents in the exemplary method and the exemplary flow, and details are not repeated herein.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an earphone storage box sharing earphones according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 7, at least one outer surface of the earphone storage case is provided with a hole, when the shared earphone is stored, the earphone of the shared earphone is stored in the earphone storage case through the hole, and the height of the earphone relative to the outer surface provided with the hole is lower than or level with the outer surface.

Preferably, after the earphones are received in the earphone receiving case, the inner side edge of the hole in the earphone receiving case may be kept at a distance from the earphones, so that the distance between the side surface of the earphones and the side wall where the hole is located is greater than a preset threshold value. That is, when the shared earphone is received in the earphone accommodation case, a gap having a predetermined width exists around the earphone so that the cleaning probe can enter the earphone accommodation case through the gap to clean the earphone-side surface.

Based on the earphone receiver of sharing earphone that this application embodiment provided, through structural improvement, make cleaning device can clean sharing earphone more accurately in clean process, further improved clean effect and work efficiency.

The block diagrams of apparatuses, devices, systems referred to in this application are only given as illustrative examples and are not intended to require or imply that they must be connected, arranged, or configured in the manner shown in the block diagrams. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the devices, apparatus, systems, etc. may be connected, arranged, or configured in any manner. Words such as "comprising," "including," "having," and the like are open-ended words to "including, but not limited to," and may be used interchangeably therewith unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. The word "such as" is used herein to mean, and is used interchangeably with, the phrase "such as but not limited to".

It should also be noted that in the devices, apparatuses, and methods of the present application, the modules or steps may be decomposed and/or recombined. These decompositions and/or recombinations are to be considered as equivalents of the present application.

The previous description of the disclosed aspects is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present application. Various modifications to these aspects will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other aspects without departing from the scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the above aspects but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

The above description is intended to be illustrative and descriptive of the present technology. Furthermore, the description is not intended to limit embodiments of the application to the form disclosed above. While a number of exemplary aspects and embodiments have been discussed above, other variations, modifications, changes, additions, and sub-combinations will readily occur to those skilled in the art based upon the foregoing.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modifications, equivalents and the like that are within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method of cleaning a shared earpiece, comprising:

moving the recovered shared earphones to a cleaning area in an earphone sharing terminal, wherein a cleaning device is arranged in the cleaning area;

and controlling the cleaning device to clean the shared earphone.

2. The cleaning method according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning device comprises at least one cleaning unit, each of which comprises two cleaning probes for cleaning two earpieces of the shared earpiece, respectively.

3. The cleaning method according to claim 2, wherein at least one cleaning assembly is disposed on each of the two cleaning probes, the at least one cleaning assembly comprising at least one of an electrostatic adsorption assembly, a negative pressure air draft assembly, an air blowing assembly, a brush head assembly, a fiber product assembly, and a paper product assembly; the electrostatic adsorption component is used for adsorbing pollutants adhered to the shared earphones, the negative-pressure air draft component, the air blowing component and the brush head component are used for blowing the pollutants adhered to the shared earphones, and the fiber product component and the paper product component are used for wiping the pollutants adhered to the shared earphones.

4. The cleaning method of claim 2, wherein the cleaning device further comprises at least one collection unit, the method further comprising:

controlling the at least one collection unit to collect contaminants separated from the shared earphone.

5. The cleaning method according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning area is provided on a moving path of the earphones in the earphone shared terminal or in a shipment port of the earphone shared terminal.

6. The cleaning method according to claim 1, wherein the headset sharing terminal further comprises at least one disinfection device, the method further comprising:

controlling the at least one disinfection device to disinfect the shared earphone.

7. The cleaning method of claim 6, wherein the at least one disinfection device comprises at least one of an ultraviolet disinfection device, a negative ion disinfection device, or an ozone disinfection device.

8. The cleaning method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring the working state of the cleaning device; and

and sending a fault signal when the cleaning device is monitored to be in fault.

9. A cleaning method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the shared earphone is housed in an earphone housing case, at least one outer surface of the earphone housing case being provided with a hole, so that the cleaning means cleans the shared earphone through the hole; when the shared earphones are stored, earphones of the shared earphones are stored in the earphone storage box through the holes, and the heights of the earphones relative to the outer surface where the holes are located are lower than the outer surface or flush with the outer surface.

10. The cleaning method according to claim 9, further comprising, before the controlling the cleaning device to clean the shared earphone:

adjusting the direction of the earphone storage box to enable the outer surface provided with the hole to face the cleaning device.

11. The cleaning method according to claim 9, wherein a distance between a side surface of the earpiece and a side wall of the hole is greater than a preset threshold.

12. The cleaning method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising, before the controlling the cleaning device to clean the shared earphone:

securing the shared earpiece within the cleaning area.

13. A shared-earpiece cleaning device, comprising:

at least one cleaning unit for cleaning the recovered shared earphone;

and the driver is used for driving the cleaning unit to perform cleaning operation according to the control instruction.

14. An earphone sharing terminal, comprising:

a transfer means for moving the retrieved shared earphones to a clean area within the earphone sharing terminal;

the cleaning device of claim 13, disposed in the cleaning area for cleaning the shared earphone;

and the controller is used for controlling the cleaning device to perform cleaning operation.

15. The utility model provides an earphone receiver for accomodate sharing earphone, its characterized in that:

the earphone storage box is characterized in that at least one outer surface of the earphone storage box is provided with a hole, so that a cleaning device in an earphone sharing terminal can clean the shared earphones in the earphone storage box through the hole, when the shared earphones are stored in the earphone storage box, earphones of the shared earphones are stored in the earphone storage box through the hole, and the height of the earphones relative to the outer surface where the hole is located is lower than the outer surface or is flush with the outer surface.